— 356 — 



32.B.a1piDiini Hudson. 



Leaves nearly appressed not twisted when dry, us. ovate- 

 oblong or ovate-lanceolate acute and recurved to above middle; 

 upper cells us. narrow. Capsule blood-red not or faintly con- 

 stricted. Tufts often copper glossy. — Wet rocks. Eur. not 

 uncommon. Sweden, Norway, Switzerl.i Amer. r. »U. S. White 

 mtB»: James. 



* B.meridionale Schimper. 



Leaves narrower with narrow cells; the uppermost often with 

 short-excurrent costa. — Eur. southern distr. r. Spain, Portu- 

 gal: Levier. 



* Biappressnm Kindb. in Hedwigia 1896 p. 66. 



Capsule brown. Leaves narrow, lanceolate short-acuminate 

 acute or obtuse, recurved all around, more strongly appressed 

 when dry, gen. not red at base; costa not red. Tufts sparingly 

 radiculose not glossy. Amer. r. U. S. Washington: Roell. 



* B.geniniiparnm is'otaris. 



Leaves us. green and not glossj^, sublimbate by one row of 

 narrowea cells, less recurved and less appressed, gen. subobtuse: 

 uppermost often denticulate near apex; costa not red. Capsule 

 red-brown. Very r. fruiting. — Wet rocks r. Eur. Switzerl.i 

 Italy: Bottini. Belgium: Delogne. 



33.B.Muehlenl)eckii Br. eur. — B. alpinum var. brevifolinm 

 Mj'rin; B. brevifolium Lindb.; B rubicundulum C. M. etKindb. 1. c. 



Differs from B. alpinum: Leaves gen. euboblong obtusate or 

 obtuse, often recurved nearly all around; upper cells more dilated. 

 Capsule sometimes brown (but often blood-red). Tufts not 

 glossy. — Dripping rocks. Eur. less r. Norway! Sweden: Ar- 

 nell; P. Olsson. Switzerl.: Culmann. Amer. r. Can.: Macoun; 

 Waghorne. 

 34.B.Raiii Austin. 



Leaves verj' much twisted when dry, subovate broadly ob- 

 tusate subobtuse, strongly recurved all around; cells subrhombic, 

 the lowest near base deep-red numerous; costa r. but shortly 

 excm-rent. Capsule pale brown subclavate strangulate; neck 

 longer. Tufts verj- tomentose, green above, not glossy. — Wet 

 rocks r. Amer. Can. Pacif. distr.: Macoun Canad. musci n. 480. 



b. Leaves not or slightly reflexed. 



aa. Leaves small and green, more or less twisted when dry. 

 35.B.flagell08niii Kindb. n. sp. 



Leaves gen. ovate; cells subrhombic; costa sometimes short- 

 excurrent. Uppermost leaves and those of Hagelliform shoots 



